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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Goodland, KS

June 7, 2024Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2024, 5:14 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 2024, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2024, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 7, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -389 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 7, 4:33 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 4:33 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 4:31 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
331 PM MDT Fri Jun 7 2024

COZ092-KSZ002>004-014>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ080-081-082145-
Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-
Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
331 PM MDT Fri Jun 7 2024 /431 PM CDT Fri Jun 7 2024/

This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska...
northwest Kansas and east central Colorado.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

This afternoon and evening, we expect to see severe thunderstorms
capable of producing hail up to two inches, wind gusts up to 75 mph,
and maybe a brief tornado. Widespread severe weather is not
currently anticipated. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued
until tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

Saturday, there is a low chance for a severe thunderstorm or two
during the evening hours, mainly south of Highway 36. Flooding may
also occur with the stronger storms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is highly encouraged!

COZ090-091-KSZ001-013-NEZ079-082145-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Sherman-Dundy-
331 PM MDT Fri Jun 7 2024 /431 PM CDT Fri Jun 7 2024/

This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska...
northwest Kansas and east central Colorado.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

This afternoon, severe thunderstorms capable of producing hail up to
two inches, wind gusts up to 75 mph, may occur briefly before moving
off to the east.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

Saturday, there is a low chance for a severe thunderstorm or two
during the evening hours, mainly south of Highway 36. Flooding may
also occur with the stronger storms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is requested.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 4:59 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 5:09 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 5:14 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	49 min
Jun 7, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur	52 min
Jun 7, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur	35 min
Jun 7, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan	28 min
Jun 7, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	65 min
Jun 7, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	25 min
Jun 7, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Sheridan	61 min
Jun 7, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace	59 min
Jun 7, 6:59 PM CDT	Dust Storm Advisory	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	31 min
Jun 7, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	33 min
Jun 7, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	36 min
Jun 7, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	34 min
Jun 7, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	26 min
Jun 7, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	48 min
Jun 7, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	34 min
Jun 7, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock	50 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.